Judy Lynne

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Judy Lynne
Born (1943-07-22) 22 July 1943 (age 81) [1]
Gary, Indiana, United States
Other namesJudy Lind (billed as)
Education Northwestern University, Illinois [2] (1961–1965)
OccupationActress
Years active1971–1986
Known for The Young Doctors as Dr. Susan Richards (1977–1980)

Judy Lynne, (credited also as Judy Lind) is an Australian former actress, journalist and reporter, who became prominent for her role as Dr. Susan Richards in the TV soap opera The Young Doctors , after leaving the acting profession in 1986, she subsequently became a hot air balloonist and businesswomen until retiring in 2007.

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Early life

Lynne was born in Gary, Indiana, U.S. [3] and trained at Northwestern University, Illinois from 1961 to 1965, studying a Bachelor of Arts majoring in drama (film, tv and theatre production) and minoring in journalism. [4] She moved to Australia in 1971. [5]

Career

Acting

From 1971, Lynne worked in Sydney, as a journalist and television reporter [5] for A Current Affair , and as a Nine News Sydney weather presenter, [4] while taking on television guest roles – before eventually turning to acting full time.

Lynne has had roles in numerous TV serials including Number 96 (1972), Spyforce (1972), Ryan (1973), Boney (1973) and Alvin Purple (1976). She is best known however, for her role in television serial The Young Doctors as Dr. Susan Richards, from 1977 to 1980.[ citation needed ]

Lynne also worked in theatre, and briefly as wardrobe mistress. [6] [2]

She left her television career in 1983, to become a commercial hot air balloon pilot, [7] although she returned for an episode of Return to Eden in 1986.

Hot air ballooning

In 1975, as a journalist, Lynne interviewed a hot air balloonist, who was one of only four in Australia at the time. This piqued her interest in the sport, leading her to become a pilot herself. In 1980, she formed a business partnership with world champion balloonist, Peter Vizzard, starting the company, Balloon Aloft Australia in the Hunter Valley, operating commercial passenger rides, using them for advertising, and staging balloon festivals. [5]

Lynne won the National Hot Air Balloon Championships in 1985 [5] and went on to represent Australia in the 1985 World Hot Air Ballooning Championships in Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S. the same year, competing against Vizzard. [2] She retired from commercial ballooning in 2007. [5]

Personal life

Since retiring, Lynne lives six months of the year in Australia, and the other six in Europe, owning a boat on the canals in France. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1974 Between Wars Woman OfficerFeature film
1974 The Violins of Saint-Jacques BertheTV movie
1978 Gone to Ground KathleenTV movie

Television

YearTitleRoleType
A Current Affair ReporterTV series
1972 Number 96 Gloria GouldTV series
1972 Spyforce Mission SisterTV series, season 1, episode 37: "The Mission"
1973 Boney Carol LundTV series, season 2, episode 6: "Boney and the Kelly Gang"
1973 Ryan BarbaraTV series, season 1, episode 26: "Giant, Giant Had a Great Fall"
1974 Silent Number Tessie / CeceliaTV series, season 1, 2 episodes
1975 Scattergood: Friend of All TV series, season 1, episode 3: "The Great Egg Cosy Disaster"
1975 Shannon's Mob Sophie HochmanTV series, season 1, episode 4: "There Was a Man"
1975 The Norman Gunston Show The Checkout ChicksTV series, season 2, 5 episodes
1976 Nine News Sydney Weather ReporterTV series
1976 Alvin Purple Meryl SugarsTV series, season 1, episode 10: "Footy Widow"
1976 The Lively Arts TV documentary series, episode: "In Performance: The Violins of Saint-Jacques"
1977–1979 The Young Doctors Dr. Susan RichardsTV series, 703 episodes
1978–1983 The Mike Walsh Show GuestTV series
1986 Return to Eden NurseTV series, season 1, episode 5: "Knife Fight"

Theatre

YearTitleRoleType
1968 The Royal Hunt of the Sun CelloPlayhouse Theatre, Hobart with Hobart Repertory Theatre Society
1978 Harvey Marian Street Theatre, Sydney

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References

  1. https://aussieaerostats.jimdoweb.com/about-peter-and-judy/
  2. 1 2 3 "A few years ago". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 June 1985. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  3. "Judy does a hat-trick". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 March 1973. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 https://www.linkedin.com/in/judy-lynne-a8418b64
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 https://aussieaerostats.jimdoweb.com/about-peter-and-judy/
  6. "Judy Lynne".
  7. https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/getting-to-know-judy-lynne/article_127b4fea-7c23-5e3f-8c00-6c2b00223819.html
  8. https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/226698

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